Another World Trip: Journey with My Cat and an Otaku Loli Goddess Chapter 213 - Leaps And Bounds In Cultivation

It wasn’t every day that they could enter such a place, so they wanted to use it for what it was worth.

It was obvious at a glance that what befell the whole realm was the calm before the storm.

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To make the most of his time, Long Di had effectively become a multitasker, since he had so many things to do.

He had to read through the formation books and scrolls he got from Yang Fuyou, and the herbarium as well. Not to mention the ores Yang Fuyou got for him as well.

He used those to practise his forging skills once he needed a different perspective. He was even able to create some rudimentary sabres out of them as well. Not that they were good enough for battle or anything, but gaining experience in this aspect wasn’t bad either.

The different perspective he gained from it was invaluable as well.

When he wasn’t doing these, he was cultivating the Foundation Body Tempering Art. He realised something surprising as well.

Long Di was in an odd place with his somatic essence cultivation. As was seen, his body, or rather his bones were at the Sapphire stage. However, his somatic essence’s quantity and quality were far above where they should be.

Going by normal standards, he should still be working on his Eleven Tempers, to bring them all to perfection and repeat them over and over again until his cauldron reached the appropriate grade. However, because of the Execution Lightning he used to accommodate his cultivation, his strength was beyond that.

Sure, the jump was cheating at this stage, but one must remember that Long Di underwent tribulations, a phenomenon that shouldn’t have taken place until he was at the Core Flame Fusion Realm at least.

Taking this into account, it now makes sense why his somatic essence cultivation rose as quickly and swiftly as it did.

He only realised this once his body digested all the benefits of the Heavenly Execution. As for when he first noticed it, it was outside the Spiritual Bingqi Realm, but now he had more than enough time to tackle the subsequent consequences.

Based on his current achievements with the Breaking Mundane Forging Heaven technique, he should only be as strong as someone with a single quasi-high-grade cauldron. In other words, he should only be a First Duan Martial Disciple with a quasi-high-grade cauldron.

Yet his somatic essence cultivation was that of a peak Ninth Duan Martial Disciple!

Not only that, but through the Heavenly Execution, which not even Cauldron Core Flame Fusion realm experts are qualified to go through, the quality of his somatic essence can now call upon the full capability of his black cauldrons.

Basically, Long Di speed-ran his somatic essence cultivation and suffered nearly none of the detriments that came with it.

From this, one can see just how much stronger Long Di was than where he should be currently.

Blame can also be cast on his blessed talents AND his strength which are already at the peak of the Cauldron-Forging realm.

Long Di’s strength should have grown slowly along with each temper he learned. Time, patience, comprehension, and strength were the keys to unlocking any subsequent temper.

Once one’s strength was grown through the attempt of trying for a temper, comprehension would soon follow allowing for that temper to be attained.

Fortunately, Long Di was a freak who murdered the common sense of cultivation. Since his strength was already at the peak of the Cauldron-Forging realm due to his Heavenly Execution, a least for now, this got rid of one of the most time-consuming aspects of his cultivation technique, the slow growth of somatic essence through the trying for a successful temper.

As a result, it gave birth to Long Di already bringing his achievements with Breaking Mundane Forging Heaven to Sixty-Six Tempers and rising.

Sure, there were slight errors in the execution of the later Tempers, but Long Di didn’t slack off.

He always started from the basics and built his way up to eliminate these errors. He wanted his skill of the Tempers to match his current strength.

Jia Yan benefited immensely from this as well. Throughout the months, he was always near the forge where Long Di cultivated to take advantage of the massive fire-attributed elemental spiritual energy the thing radiated just by its operation.

His efforts paid off too, as his quasi-high-grade cauldron was no longer light red like before. It shot past that! It was on the road to becoming orange which was the cusp of entering the supreme grade!

They were only at month three of their year-long time in this place. Yet, everyone already made giant leaps forward in their cultivation.

This only served to encourage them to put even more of their efforts into cultivating like their lives depended on it.

Time went by and the storm that threatened to come at any time seemed to have arrived with a dramatic entrance.

Boom!

A loud explosion went off that shook everyone from their cultivation session.

Yaomu Shou was the first to open her eyes before a smile made its way onto her face.

“It’s time.”

“How long was I cultivating for?” Zi Yu asked, rubbing her eyes like she was waking from sleep as opposed to months-long cultivation.

“It should have been about six months since we entered this place,” Yaomu Shou stated.

Whoosh!

A surge of swirling spiritual energy caught their eye, and they saw Xiannu Liang with her ninth duan matching up perfectly with each other.

Not only that, one of the cauldrons had a translucent core within that flashed with a spiritual light.

“Congratulations Xiannu Liang!” Zi Yu said when she spotted the Nymph stepping into the Martial Adept realm.

“Thanks,” Xiannu Liang replied with a blush.

“Not bad,” Yaomu Shou remarked with an accepting nod.

“I’m glad for you junior sister Xiannu Liang.”

Surprisingly, the one who spoke was Shen Ling.

Though she was unable to see, her other senses were much sharper. Not only that, her understanding of the Abyss Scripture reached new depths.

Though she was unable to put any of these comprehensions to use, they still benefited her somewhat.

But because of her current situation, she was currently holding on to Yaomu Shou’s robes so she could more easily walk around.

Xiannu Liang’s heart pained her to see Shen Ling like this. The same went for everyone else.

Remembering this, she looked around in confusion. “Where’s Long Di—”

Before she could finish what she wanted to say, she was cut off by a fierce back and forth.

“Then why did your forge have to almost burn me just when I arrived!?”

“I told you not to get near the forge when it’s in use. Jia Yan’s fine because of his cultivation method.”

“You did it on purpose didn’t you!?”

“That’s not the point. I would like to say I needed some air.”

“You’re not even denying it!”

“I’m not denying that I needed some air.”

“Drop dead!”

“I have some experienced in that aspect.”

“I demand compensation!”

“So you want money?”

“Your ass wants money! I want manga! So feed me!”

“Where am I supposed to get manga from? This world is like a billion years away from that masterpiece.”

“Draw them for me, damn it!”

“Fine. I’ll draw them for you, but I was never an artist so if I butcher these works, you can’t get mad at me.”

“Listen, I have to help you because of reasons, but I’m going through withdrawal after learning about anime and manga and then being ripped from it.”

“I kinda get it. I’ll draw the mangas I read while I was slacking off.”

Long Di, Jia Yan and Mina walked through the narrow opening that led to their isolated clearing.

While Long Di and Jia Yan looked fine, soot marks covered various parts of Mina’s body.

When the three saw Xiannu Liang’s cauldrons, they were all surprised.

It seemed that everyone got huge gains during this time.

Xiannu Liang was able to not only gain her ninth duan, but she also went further and forged it into the high grade’s equivalent.

She even took the time to form her first core. It was small right now, as it didn’t fill out the space of the groove it was affixed in. This meant that she wasn’t at the peak of her current realm, but that was good enough.

Jia Yan had forged his second supreme-grade cauldron!

It was no surprise that the Cauldron Forging realm was a realm of foundation and as a result, was one of the most time-consuming realms as well, even in the early stages.

For Jia Yan to forge a second supreme-grade cauldron was nothing short of incredible! He was currently on this third cauldron, which was a high-grade cauldron to boot!

Of course, this was mostly thanks to not just his immense talent, but the casting cauldron pills as well. He had four of them since ten of them were split among him, Tie Lang and Feng Yu.

Of course, he got one extra, since his physique was considered the most ordinary out of the bunch.

Shen Ling didn’t want any since she wanted to rely solely on the Abyss Scripture. She had a feeling this was the correct way.

Regardless, Jia Yan was making full use of what he had. He would only use the casting cauldron pills once per cauldron. He had two left now, so he had to be careful. It would be harder for every cauldron he went up by.

Not only that, casting cauldron pills were notorious for being less effective the more they were used. The only reason Jia Yan was still able to get up to the high grade despite using a second one was due to his great talent and Long Di’s forge providing a surplus of the energy he needed.

It would only be harder once he decides to move on to the fourth cauldron and so on.

As for Zi Yu, she was able to finally form her second Core, making her a Two Core Martial Adept.

When Yaomu Shou felt everyone’s aura she was really pleased.

However, when she felt Long Di’s aura, her heart skipped a beat.

He wasn’t hiding his somatic essence cultivation base, and she had to admit that it felt heavy and oppressive.

She could almost feel the thunderous power that lay dormant within his small frame. She had no idea what cultivation method he was practising, but she didn’t feel like it lost out to hers!

Pap!

Long Di clapped his hands to grab everyone’s attention. “Alright, since we’ve all made leaps and bounds forward in our cultivation, let’s get some spiritual artefacts.”